Punomys lemminus

Osgood, 1943

Western Puna Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Andinomyini
Genus : Punomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1943. A new genus of rodents from Peru. Journal of Mammalogy 24(3):369-371.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1374837

Original name as described

Punomys lemminus

Other common names

Puna Mouse

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:49710

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=808daca4-d66c-4ed8-9b43-ec2a258a198e

Type locality

San Antonio de Esquilache, altitude 15,000 feet (= 4572 m), Puno, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002478

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Punomys lemminus

Osgood, 1943

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lemminus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:49710

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=808daca4-d66c-4ed8-9b43-ec2a258a198e

Authority page

369

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18880/22335449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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